The Best TV Technology....(crt, plasma, microdisplay, LCD.)

I agree plasma is the best, BUT $4300 72" screen beautiful picture l.c.d. rules

I just did a quick check at PlasmaPlanet.Com and found that they listed 12 plasmas that were 60" or larger, including an 84" plasma from NEC.

Panasonic just recently announced their prototype of a 103" plasma.

RR6

...Those monster plasma also have monster prices.

.....some of the 60 and 61 inch plasmas run about $6500-$7000 discounted online. That is certainly cheaper than you can buy a new KIA for and probably will last a lot longer!

RR6

First let me say RR6, always glad to get your input and wit.

Now the TVs..
every TV has problems, burn in has been "dealt" with in high end models but still plagues "white box" plasmas, and lower end plasmas.
microdisplays are smaller than CRT's but they are still to big for some smaller homes
CRT's may be at the pinnacle of their picture but they just seem ancient, and are huge
LCD, in all honesty the non microdisplay LCD will probably be the first TV to leave the race, to expensive to get big, and being beat to the punch by plasma in its size

YOU OWN??? Well, what do consider the second best technology? LCoS? Plasma?

A mitsubishi microdisplay, i discussed it a little in the original post. Personally I love it. Mitsubishi is the least repaired TV brand. But onto the picture...awesome. It really has to be seen to really enjoy it. 9's and 10's from the other CNET owners. Even I can admit that a high-end plasma "about 5K or more" will pretty much beat any other technology. But my TV puts up a good fight to even the best pictures.

are you talking about????

What kind of comparison is there between a tv and a car ? I bet you cant watch sex and the city in that Kia either but on the same note try taking the tv for a ride.

You've got to read this thread in detail. Just a couple posts above is a reference about Mitsubishi. They make both cars and TV's. So there!

Besides, I had made a statement above that there were many large plasmas. He came back and said that they all had monster prices. I didn't want to say you're wrong because I don't consider $6500-$7000 a monster price. So I tried to soft peddle it to him with my brilliant Kia/plasma analogy.

I have a great imagination and I actually can visualize watching sex and also looking at the city while in a Kia, but you wouldn't catch me dead in a Kia (my wife is Japanese and we have two Honda's, hai). Futhermore (sic), don't you think that is a little kinky and more appropriate for the lecher's forum?

RR6

always something new and more expensive down the road. if you take "cost" out of the mix, plasmas are the perfered method of addiction. with no lamps to change, sleek size, greater viewing angle, and general picture quality makes them hard to dislike. unfortunately, cost is a large issue and until we're all driving a ferrari, our respective budgets will decide what's best.p.s. rr6i got my panasonic s97 today and initial impressions are good. i'll post more details in a couple of days.

Granted it has a good following but their is also liquid crystal on silicone. A technology with a lot of promise but not quite stable enough to be mass produced the way plasma has. Basically will we be talking about plasmas in 10 years

Hard to predict the future in this crazy business, even things like amplification and speakers are going digital.
One other technology that is used in very large (and expensive) displays, LED. It is not unthinkable that we will soon see LED TV's made and priced for consumer use. Very flexable, long lasting tech.

.....BACK!!!

I still have two 27" Sony's CRT's and every time I move them from one spot to another in my garage I'm flat on my back on my new Nova Foam bed from Costco for a day or two!

RR6

I do have a realy good Chriopractor and 3 young ( in thier 30's) son-in-laws. One of them helped me move the 32" in 14 years ago.
How is the bed???? My wife and I were looking at it. John

John, I first bought the Nova Foam pillow 3 years ago when I had a pinched nerve in my neck. Wow! What a miracle worker. I have had the same pillow now for 3 years, it's fabulous.

My wife has had lower back problems for the past 4 years since we bought a new bed from Costco (medium firm...big mistake). We didn't connect the bed to her back problems for a long time. About six months ago we bought the Nova Foam matress topper at Costco. It was an improvement but kept sliding around.

We took it back and bought the Nova Foam bed. The back problems are all gone. It is very firm and still super comfortable. You have to have a flat surface so we kept the old box spring to place it on.

It is covered with two separate covers and seems to be excellent quality. About 1/4 the price of the expensive brand. It is very warm so you can sleep with fewer blankets and covers.

Highly Recommended. We give it two thumbs way up!

RR6

Well I agree, I now have two tube HDTVs, one is 47" CRT-RP does 1080i and a 26" directview which displaies at 1080p.
The BIG downside is that the CRTs are bening phased out!!! Panasonic no longer makes them, the other copanies are also reducing production or dropping them from thier product lines. Many reasons, most of them have to with profit. John

Do you remeber those big heavy wooden tube TV's from the early 80's and late 70's. They sat in the living room and took 2 to 3 people to move. Those are still around so if you are waiting for your tube to go out, you may never get to put your hands on this technology. However I do respect the "if its not broke why fix it" approach. But if that were the case we would all have 8 tracks, and model'T's.

Don't hold your breath... I was sad for a few weeks when my 32" CRT started to act up, I had it for 14+ years, great analog picture, but slowly keept getting worse. After resoving myself to replacing it( some tears are approate here), and convincing my wife that it was time. I started to enjoy the quest for a new HD set. Spent a lot of time getting up to speed on the "new tech" sets ups and downs. Ended up getting a CRT-RP set. I decided to stay back from the bleeding edge of techonolgy. John

Great Technology, LCD rear projection from Mitsu.Was an Easy decision. The picture was amazing
But back to the point 14 years is a pretty good run. I think his is a vacume tube based set so you could probablly 2x that 14 years.

I just helped my mother buy a new tv and throw out the one i grew up with. RCA wood all around tv, The top still was in decent shape. 30 years. The picture still worked decent for its time. She bought it 3 months after i was born.

wonder if the hitachi plasma i have now will last 30 years. I seriously doubt it. A. Because i couldnt hold off of the new technology, B. Things are not made like they used to be.

New factorys are made so machines put these things together fast. maybe there is a small percentage of the human assembly factor.

Smaller components but better quality, bigger screens.

Lots of other products need to catch up to some of these new tv's specs. From the studios shooting the films to the Cable Companys supplying the line. we havent seen the best yet.